Category: Pharmaceuticals
Proton pump inhibitors could cause heart disease
Common acid reflux drug may also cause cardiovascular disease, suggests new study. It is the first time researchers have shown how proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, might cause cardiovascular problems. In human tissue and mouse models, the researchers from Houston […]
Treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects
A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects—and they have uncovered two easy strategies that could help prevent these […]
Patents making new life-saving HIV drugs expensive
Due to restrictive patents, new potentially life-saving HIV drugs are “beyond reach”, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said even though basic medication for the disease has become cheaper. The international medical humanitarian organisation said it was good news that the price […]
Japan firm starts Down’s therapy test
TOKYO – A Japanese pharmaceutical company said on Monday it will begin therapeutic testing of a drug it hopes will slow the decline in quality of life for some people with Down’s syndrome. The firm will trial its “Aricept” donepezil […]
Lithium greatly reduces suicide risk: study
The mood-stabilising drug lithium reduces suicide risk by more than 60 per cent among people with depression, a study said Thursday. Lithium has long been prescribed to treat unipolar disorder (also called clinical depression) and bipolar disorder (manic depression) — […]
Public alerted against products with undeclared medicinal ingredients
Two alerts have been released to warn members of the public of two products with undeclared medical ingredients. The products are known as Montalin Jamu Pegal Linu Dan Asam Urat and orange capsules called Bai He Bao Jian Su. Members […]
LEO Pharma Asia ties up with PsorAsia in psoriasis treatment programme
Psoriasis is a little-understood skin condition that carries a strong social stigma through its emotional impact on sufferers that can far outweigh the disease’s physical impact. That is why proper support and guidance from healthcare providers is crucial in achieving […]
Common meds with caffeine may be linked to stroke
Taking medications containing caffeine was tied to a doubled or even tripled risk of having a stroke in a new Korean study that might seem to contradict recent evidence suggesting coffee and tea exert protective effects. But the results may […]
Promise Shown By New Drug For Parkinson’s Disease
According to a study, diapocynin, a synthetic molecule derived from a naturally occurring compound (apocynin), protected neurobehavioral function in mice with Parkinson’s Disease symptoms by preventing deficits in motor coordination. In a specific type of transgenic mouse called LRRK2R1441G, the […]
New Drug Target in Deadly Form of Leukemia Identified
Ways to inhibit the function of a key protein linked to stem cell-like behavior in terminal-stage chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have been discovered by scientists. The study, published in the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]
